It’s like Craigslist, except there’s a panel of judges waiting to disqualify the bad impersonation of a Mies van der Rohe chair you once found cool enough to buy and are now hoping desperately to sell. We’re talking about Feel More Human’s Modern Flea Market, the classified advertising section of a site devoted to modern design goods. Here you can buy and sell (with no fee to list items) previously owned gems such as a trio of Nuevo white and chrome Opener barstools, which are said to be “like new,” for just $125 (plus $85 shipping). To give you some context, we found a pair of the same barstools, new, for $340 (shipping free). That makes them $170 each new. Now that’s a flea market! The judges must be very picky, though, or else the items are flying off the site. We only found five things for sale on our most recent visit. (That’s a very small flea market.) There were two pieces by the Canadian design firm, Hot House: a modern coffee table ($150, plus $65 shipping) and a modern side table (same price), with the set going for a mere $225 ( plus $70 shipping). Buying an item is as simple as e-mailing the seller. The idea is a good one, we think, providing more sellers discover the site, but it’s the brand-spanking-new section of the eco-friendly store that gets most of the action. We were impressed by the solar LED house numbers ($20 each), which take around one hour to charge on sunny days (2-3 hours otherwise), and by the Rekindle coffee table ($360, pictured), which uses just three pieces of environmentally friendly SmartWood.

I’m an old-fashioned girl when it comes to recipes, and although I’ve printed out my share of instructions from FoodTV.com, I also treasure the recipes from my mother and mother-in-law handwritten on pieces of paper and given to me over many years. All good cooks should own a recipe box, filled with recipe cards for favorite family dishes, great-for-entertaining appetizers passed on by friends and special versions of classics (that unique oversized chocolate-chip-cookie, the yummy bread pudding). At Fine Stationery, the “Funky Chickens” recipe box ($18) is decorated with stylized art-deco chickens, and comes with dividers for appetizers, salads, main dishes and desserts. The Jasmine recipe cards from Fine Stationery (30 for $10) have a simple floral pattern on green paper and would match many different types of boxes. At Etsy, which sells handmade items from individual artists, there’s a treasure trove of recipe cards to be found, including these personalized ones from Your Picture Fixer (16 for $10). Buyers choose the colors and indicate what name they want on the card-for example, “Carolyn’s Creations” or “Rachel’s Recipes.” The available design themes include pitchers, ladybugs, utensils, and fruits and vegetables.  For a more avant-garde recipe box, Etsy sellers Christopher and Tia have an electric green “Cricket” box with matching cards, $31. The box is also available in other fluorescent colors, including electric pink, electric blue and hot orange. If you’re looking for something more sedate and classic, try a powder-blue box ($15) made of steel: very 1950s. It’s available at Macy’s and is part of the Martha Stewart line. At My Secret Pantry, their recipe box selection includes a roll-top wooden box, which holds 4-by-6 cards. Finally, to help your holiday recipes stand out from the others in the box, use these Christmas-themed cards from Kent Creative Ink (50 cards for $9) decorated with a drawing of a sprig of holly.

If your decorative style leans toward the outlandish, or eye-catching or just odd, you haven’t completed your bedroom without some statement-making pillowcases. Enough with this “spa-like, soothing, Zen haven” kind of look, all pale and delicate and serene and boring. Scare someone with a pair of eyes looking back at them, on your black and white cases from Urban Outfitters, for $28. Or be just a little bit strange with their bird on a wire set, also $28. Be a little artistic (and perhaps subtly reference the recent Olympic archery competition at the same time) with an archer image on your pillowcases from Luxury Lab Linens (the bedding set is on sale for $139). Perhaps just a bold stroke of color and a graphic flourish on a single pillow is noisy enough for you, such as the Ethan red pillow from Bliss Living Home for $50. For new parents, Uncommon Goods has the On Duty/Off Duty pillowcase set, $32, to establish early in the evening who’s going to deal with the crying tot. ModCloth.com has a set of saucy pillowcases, again in stark black and white. One says “I’m not really sleeping, You Just Bore Me,” and the other has a ’50s-style woman’s face resting gracefully on her pillow, for $24. If you don’t have the gumption to go with bold bed pillows, maybe just the Strike While the Iron’s Hot puzzling decorative pillow will do. It’s $54.

Anyone who pretends not to look at tabloid magazine covers knows that America is very, very interested in babies of celebrities. To feed that insatiable hunger, most every celebrity of childbearing years has had a baby of late. People Magazine’s Web site has found the perfect mixture of star-obsession and shopping with their Celebrity Baby Blog. The Blog features a section on what gear celebs buy for their babies. Because we know there is an instinctive maternal urge to buy your baby something that Nicole Richie’s baby has, we’ve rounded up a few recent items. Laila Ali, of boxing and Dancing With the Stars fame, is expecting a son and has a Mutsy 4 Rider Light stroller ($699) waiting, as well as a Luca Glider for $895, baby shoes by Pediped and a $50 Jelly Baby changing mat by Kuster. Julianna Margulies wheels son Kieran Lindsay in a Bugaboo Cameleon ($900) and uses an $80 Skip Hop Via messenger diaper bag ($79). Actress Gretchen Mol has an 11-month-old son named Ptolemy and he sucks a Gerber soft center pacifier (2 for $3) and rides in a Bugaboo Frog ($759). Singer Sheryl Crow and son Wyatt Steven cruise in Kolcraft Countours Lite stroller ($70, pictured) and the baby wears an eco-T from Tiny Revolution, $25. Celeb-dad Matthew McConaughey strolls tiny Levi in an Orbit Baby’s Orbit infant system ($900) with bassinet ($240). In an amazing double-celebrity, double-baby sighting - Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow, with Apple and David -  were seen walking both with Paltrow’s green Phil and Ted’s Sport double stroller, which costs $510. And, short of Brangelina’s twins, the most ogled child in America has to be Suri Cruise. On a recent outing, she carried Jellycat’s My Little Friend Bunny ($12). Must you have more? The Baby Chic 101 blog keeps tabs on every celeb and their baby buys. (Lisa Marie Presley, expecting twins, just spent more than $18,000 at chic Petit Tresor).

Ever heard of Zara? Good, then you heard it here first. If you haven’t heard of it, you’re probably not much of a world traveler. Zara is a hot brand that has just become the world’s largest clothing retailer. That honor was given to Gap until this week. A slumping U.S. consumer sales market has dropped Gap’s revenues by 10 percent in the first quarter of their fiscal year. For your edification: Zara clothing is trendy , chic, inexpensive, you can’t buy it online and there are 3,900 Zara stores in the world, compared to 3,100 Gap outlets. There are five Zara stores in New York City and surrounding areas. The retail giant was born in Spain (in the bedroom of 72-year-old founder and chairman Amancio Ortega, who made bathrobes) and the first store opened in 1975. Now you can shop in Zara stores in Bahrain, Croatia and Iceland. British Vogue says the Zara philosophy is fast fashion: they quickly take designer runway looks and turn them into mass audience items, like the one pictured. They aren’t interested in any celebrity designers coming into their fold. Owned by Inditex, they proudly state it takes only two weeks to get an item from drawing board to store shelf. But guess what? You can buy online from their home and bedding line, although you’ll have to translate Euros to dollars. That’s not so hard: here, use this to do it. Gap, on the other hand, has an aging and eroding customer base, according to The Guardian of Britain, and they’ve not been successful enough at appealing to younger customers. The Zara brand does have 24 U.S. stores, in big cities (Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Miami and more) and some small (Canoga Park, Garden City, Wayne). You can find all their U.S. locations on their Web site.

Teens and tweens went wild for Miley Cyrus’ new release Breakout, sending it to the top of the Billboard charts last week. Then, of course, there’s Disney’s wildly popular Hannah Montana TV series. We’re willing to bet Cyrus gear just might be at the top of, oh, we don’t know, just about every young girl’s back-to-school shopping list. Kids can snuggle up in a Hannah Montana comforter after a long night of homework ($30) or facilitate sweet dreams of Cyrus with the “Secret Pop Star” reversible pillowcase ($4.50). Musical talent or not, your tween can rock out with the Hananh Montana guitar-shaped bag ($20) or play it a little safer with the floral guitar backpack ($12). The Hannah Montana four-piece school set contains a pencil, eraser, ruler and organizational pouch — perfect for keeping your elementary school student’s gear organized ($3.50). Jumbo ballpoint pens with Cyrus’ mug are another nice addition to the school backpack ($7). HM/Miley Cyrus clothing is available on just about any mainstream superstore Web site, but Wal-mart features a range of online-only apparel. The Disney Hannah Montana cinched top with chains (pictured) is an online exclusive with a bargain price ($11). The Hannah Montana metallic stripe branded T-shirt looks cute with black skinny jeans or shorts and is equally easy on the wallet ($10). Good news: You can get the Cyrus style without wearing gear emblazoned with “Hannah Montana.” Sears’ Hannah Montana line features a cute sequined top with matching shrug ($17) and plaid Bermuda shorts ($19) — no Hannah Montana signature in sight.